Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-30
STATE, AND TERRlTORY.
Nebraska JOttings.


Crete has been electrified on the arc
and incandescent plans.
Thieves made a $50 haul on the fancy
hardware in Fleek's store in Grand
Island a few nights ago.
Stron sburg and Long Pine are the latest
converts to pure practical prohibition.
Both towns are negotiating for water
works.
There are in Dodge county seventy per.
sons on the pension rolls of the govern
ment, whose aggregate pensions amount
to 81, 144. so per quarter.
The Norfolk board of trade has elected
NJ. A. Rainbolt and ID. A. Holmes as dele
gates to the dedication of the new cham
ber of commerce in Omaha.
Corn, candidates and conventions are
the high c's Of the state just now. Their
whiskers are cropped short and no com>
mon fog can wet their whistles.
Mrs. Reeder slipped up and bruised her
person ON sidewalk in WahOo, and a
| jury of ungallant men assessed the dam
ages Ut $3.50. She wanted $1,000.
The new Touzalin hotel at Wymore
liens toward bankruptcy before it is
| opened. Mechanics and material men
have shlngled 1t with $4,000 worth of
| claims.
The motion for new trial in the case
of Shellenberger has been stricken from
| the docket of the supreme court, as Me-
braska City sent the plaintiff to higher
tribunal.
| Out in Scotia, last week, church mem
bers and amateur artists drank coffee
and ate cake and other goodies to reple.
ton for the good of the church." Such
generous, sef-sacrificing people are en-.
titled to Il crown.
Considerable alarm is felt in Nebraska
City lest the Missouri river invade the
mash-tubs of the distilery and iniure the
efficiency of the product and plant. Ten
thousand dollars will be spent in keeping
the Missouri sober and within bounds.
The Plattsmouth Herald says: Joseph
A. Connor, Esq, went to Omaha to-day,
expecting to close large land deal MIR.
Connor will, if the trade is made, hscome
the owner of sos acres near Omaha,
worth fully $500, 900. He applies In pay
ment 5000 acres of land at $50 per acre,
the balance, S52, 900, cash. MIR. Connor
and Omaha are both to be congratu-
lated"
The Scotia Herald is luminous with
good cheer this week. Here is frag-
ment: "'rhe heart of this editor was once
more made to feel light and frisky last
saturday. He was the happy recipient OF
Il beautiful bouquet artistic,lly garlanded
from Nebraska flowers by the fair hands
of Misses Aethv and Katie Reed, daugh-
tiers of ii. |. Reed. The rare beauty of
the floral gift can only be eXcelled by
that of the lovely donors, and in return.
ing heartfelt thanks we can truly say
t'other dear charmer were away"
The Black Hills Pioneer thus sum-
marizes the benefits of Omaha's greatest
workshops: "The Omaha Smelling works
are said to be the largest establishment of
the kind in the world. Five hundred men
are employed, whose wages amounted 10
$500. 900 last year. During the present
of the works. at least two hundred men
more will be employed. The works are
never shut down, but are kept in constant
operation, night and day. Sundays and
holidays. Twenty thousand tons OF coal
and $4,000 tons of coke were consumed
in 1886, ana the shipments for the year
aggregated $1,000, 1858 20. as follows:
2,14l, $685. blue v,trlol. $l75, 5000"
The Grand Island Independent is con.
vinced that too many railroads are a
the following examples: The railroads
by their pooling are doing great IN
justice to Grand Island in more ways
than one. In regard to running an eX.
attend the real estate sale next week, the
} Il. IL NJ. and Union Pacific asked as much
for two coaches from Omaha or Lincoln
| to Grand Island, rs the real estate men
of Hastings paid for whole train. This
same discrimination ls practiced on
, freights of all kinds, to the detriment OF
the business interests of our city, simply
pooled point. and Hastings merely way
station on the Is. Il NJ"
a Dakota.
A valuable vein of coal has been dis
, covered in Fall river country.
The Deadwood Touring mills will steam
up this week and will soon be in com
plete operation.
A we'll directed shot in the Iron Hill
mine hit the golden bullseye and knocked
out $50 900. The echoes of the shot viii
live in the Hills for months.
Deadwood voted in favor of bo ondine
for $4,000 to buy the right OF wa.
through the city for the Fremont, Elk
horn d Missouri Valley railroad.
The Rapid City Journal is convinced
that there is the dawn of tin boon
possibility" In other words, sOldere'
receptacle of vegetables consummated al
Il attachment to q canine narrative.
II 1T is probable that people who hav'
y been skeptical on the subject of corr
growing in the Black Hills country" say
the Rapid City Journal may see some
thing to change their opinions at the fair
Samples of corn from various of the ag
It ricultural valleys in this part of the coun
: try are now to be seen in town, and man,
n of these will compare favorably with tn
" best Nebraska. Iowa or Illinois corn. A
for potatoes, thoy are simply immense.
Utah and Idaho.
Bricklayers aud stonemasons are scare
at Shoshone. and the construction OF tn
u new school house Is retarded.
. The first meeting of the department O
= Idaho. q. A. r., will be held on the sec
ond Wednesday of January, 1888.
. The money is nearly all raised for max
ing preliminary survey of a route for
big irrigating canal in Cassa county
Idaho.
The banks of Salt Lake City report thu
receipt for the week ending Septembe
Is 81, inclusive. of SOS, ,0S3. .04 in bullion an
n 4S3,623.75 in ore, total OF $l4l, 7O5.!9.
" The people of Salt Lake City have sub
q scribcd $a00; 900 towards building rail
J. road between that city and Los Angelo
= and the Tribune p-ophesies that in tw
II years from to-day you can take the car